As someone already stated it is more likely due to EU's GDPR. I work in HR specifically around people data so I can confirm that it has been a PITA in many ways. You would be surprised about some of the items considered to be private information that need permission to be public or even for others in your own company to use/view without a valid business case for doing so.

What shouldn't be surprising is that age/birthday is considered private and due to that, race results are surprisingly free these days. Perhaps it is in releases now days (not that i read releases RD's make us sign...) but before 2005, highly doubtful. And if they were just running races that don't make you use 12/31 age as USAT does, it is possible, although unlikely, to nail down someone's birthday to the day if they raced enough on or around their actual birthday. Along with that, the race information also gives location information, where you traveled to or even a possible home city based on where you most often race.

All of that to say, I am surprised there still are so many old race results available by any kind of race organizer. Maybe there is some grandfather clause put in to the laws to allow old info or this may be the first of many sites to take down old race results. Either way, I am glad I decided to record my race results in excel spreadsheets.

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808 > NYC > PDX > YVR
2024 Races: Taupo

I called them and told them I didn't sign up for the membership and they removed it. Took about 10 minutes total.

Just came here to say that I haven't signed up for an active.com race in over 5 years.
Boycott any race that uses them if you can.

This is strange indeed. All who cared, became GDPR-compliant (in one way or another) two years ago. It became active in May 2018.
And there are still sites like athlinks.com where you can find a bunch of results. Somethings is fishy. But well, it's life.

Possibly, but seems unlikely given the myriad other results databases that aren't offline. bikereg.com/roadresults.com have no apparent issue with historical results. Though maybe they're just non-compliant, don't care, and haven't been subject to enforcement.

I hate to state the obvious - too late for the data that has been lost - but always record your results and put them in a spreadsheet that you own... make multiple backups.

That way we own the results. I use to record my results, sometimes the whole result set if that was an option, but then got complacent with delegating the effort to coolrunnings, athlinks etc. It is time to go back to that good old strategy.

Also, maybe their solution would be to sell you the Active Platinum Membership which gives you the benefits of the regular paid account plus access to the results.

I do the same, sometimes removing that guy who passed me in the last 400m ;)

But the real reason this could be a concern, I think is for marathon investigations and any type of sleuthing any RD might want to do to verify a runner didn't cheat. Granted, that's a small aspect of it but I think it is still important.

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808 > NYC > PDX > YVR
2024 Races: Taupo

"All Runners are Liars" Bart Yasso

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

is sales tax new on active? I just went to register for IM Chatt and it was a touch over $900. I was willing to pay 800 but this is a slippery slope.

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USAT Level II- Ironman U Certified Coach

Or ...



... wherein you had to cancel, or they'd send you shit AND you still had to pay for it

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Oh, so it wasn't just IMAZ...

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Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.